All Eight Generations Compared
Every named generation, side by side, on the fourteen dimensions that actually differ.
The eight named generations are Greatest (1901–27), Silent (1928–45), Boomers (1946–64), Gen X (1965–80), Millennials (1981–96), Gen Z (1997–2009), Gen Alpha (2010–24) and Gen Beta (2025–39).
All Eight Generations Compared
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It uses the McCrindle generation boundaries (Gen Alpha 2010–2024, Gen Beta 2025–2039) and UN World Population Prospects vital rates. Sources and formulas are on our methodology page.
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